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Brittle Star Illustration

Notes

Brittle Stars live around the southern shores of Australia under rocks below the water's surface.

Brittle Stars have a grey, round, flat body in the middle. Five snake-like long arms come out from this central body and are striped grey and white. Their arms can grow up to 15 cm in length.

Brittle Stars eat small pieces of dead plants and animals. They do this by collecting small pieces of food in their arms and passing them to their mouth. Brittle Stars have their mouths underneath the middle of their body.